Question

【題目】 I'm not much of a gardener. I love having beautiful flowers-but I don't have a good track record when it comes to making them grow.

A few months after our son left for the Middle East, my friend gifted me a box of tulip bulbs (郁金香球莖). She explained that these bulbs were put into the ground in the fall and lay sleeping all winter. They had all the nutrients they needed inside the bulb and would come out in the spring. 'When you see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, you'll know that it's almost time for your son to come home. They'll give you what you need most.' She walked me through the process of planting them. I thanked her — trying to show my gratitude for her gift.

It was a long winter — cold and dark. I endured both the weather and the loneliness and fear I felt with my son away. Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where I'd planted those flowers, and I soon forgot they were there.

Finally the weather began to warm. One day, as I walked down my front steps, I noticed an area of green. I bent down to inspect the situation more clearly and saw that those tulips had begun to grow, their tiny leaves forcing their way to the sun.

Day after day I noted the flowers' progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. Now with spring just around the corner, nothing could keep either of us from marching toward the light. Almost all of those bulbs bloomed. And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again.

【1】What can we know about the author?

A.She is a professional gardener.

B.She is not good at growing flowers.

C.She never plants flowers at home.

D.She often sends friends flowers as gifts.

【2】Why did the writer forget the tulip bulbs soon?

A.The bitter winter reminded her of her son far away.

B.She was discouraged from making another attempt.

C.They failed to live through the cold and long winter.

D.She had no hope for beautiful flowers indeed.

【3】What were those flowers mentioned in the last paragraph referred to?

A.A physical representation of the hope.

B.Things deep inside her heart and soul.

C.A lesson she will never forget completely.

D.The trouble she had in making them come out.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.A dark winter with hope.B.Planting hope in winter.

C.An area of green in spring.D.Living a changeable life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了作者的兒子去了中東，作者感到孤獨(dú)和寂寞。一位朋友送來(lái)了一盒郁金香球莖，這種花的種植，給作者帶來(lái)了希望。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的I'm not much of a gardener. I love having beautiful flowers-but I don't have a good track record when it comes to making them grow.(我不是個(gè)好園丁，我喜歡漂亮的花，但我在種植方面沒(méi)有良好的記錄)可知，作者雖然喜歡花，但不擅長(zhǎng)種花。B. She is not good at growing flowers. (她不擅長(zhǎng)種花)符合以上說(shuō)法，故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的It was a long winter — cold and dark …Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where I'd planted those flowers, and I soon forgot they were there. (那是一個(gè)漫長(zhǎng)的冬天——又冷又黑……枯葉、霜和最后那場(chǎng)雪覆蓋了我種那些花的地方，我很快救忘記了它們的存在)可知，冬天很冷、很長(zhǎng)，故推測(cè)作者忘記它們是因?yàn)橛X(jué)得它們熬不過(guò)這個(gè)冬天，即沒(méi)對(duì)它們抱有希望。 D. She had no hope for beautiful flowers indeed. (她根本沒(méi)對(duì)這些花種抱有希望)符合以上推測(cè)，故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的Day after day I noted the flowers' progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. (我日復(fù)一日的關(guān)注這花的成長(zhǎng)。一天又一天我的兒子終于要回家了)和And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again. (每開(kāi)一朵色彩鮮艷的花，都標(biāo)志著我離再次把兒子抱在懷里的日子又近了一天)可知，每開(kāi)一朵花就代表作者兒子的歸來(lái)近了一天，即花就是兒子回來(lái)的希望。A. A physical representation of the hope. (希望的實(shí)物表現(xiàn))符合以上說(shuō)法，故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主要內(nèi)容，尤其是第二段的She explained that these bulbs were put into the ground in the fall and lay sleeping all winter. They had all the nutrients they needed inside the bulb and would come out in the spring. 'When you see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, you'll know that it's almost time for your son to come home. (她說(shuō)這些郁金香球莖秋天種下，整個(gè)冬天都在土里。它們的球莖內(nèi)有生長(zhǎng)所需的營(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì)，到了春天的就會(huì)從土里出來(lái)。當(dāng)你看到這些小花的葉子朝著太陽(yáng)的方向生長(zhǎng)時(shí)，你就知道你的兒子差不多該回家了)可知，本文主要講述了冬天種下的郁金香球莖在春天會(huì)長(zhǎng)出來(lái)，這也意味著作者的兒子快要回來(lái)，即花代表著作者兒子回來(lái)的希望。B. Planting hope in winter. (在冬天種下希望)可以作為本文標(biāo)題，故選B項(xiàng)。